Today in the MHSAA: 2/2/16

February 2, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Statewide sports action Monday was light, so we’ll focus on a series of stories published today that should pull at your heart strings and put life’s little obstacles in proper perspective.

Good Reads

Mason’s Brendan Brown is fighting for his life, against a form of cancer that has led to the amputation of a leg and soon will mean the removal of parts of his lungs. The Bulldogs junior is fighting, and also continuing a high school bowling career that is inspiring opponents and those in his community – Jackson Citizen-Patriot

Also at Mason, Storm Miller might be the strongest athlete at his high school and finished third in a national weight-lifting competition last summer. He’s relying on strength now to fight a rare form of cancer that also initially was found in a leg – Lansing State Journal

Molly Holmes hasn't joined her siblings on the Leroy Pine River wrestling team yet – wait until next year – but she plays junior varsity basketball and is one of 13 kids in a family that loves sports – a family that adopted her after five foster placements and a fight to survive no child should experience – Cadillac News

Today in the MHSAA: 6/5/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

June 5, 2026

1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 4 No. 10 Schoolcraft earned its first Regional title with a 1-0 win over No. 6 Plymouth Christian Academy in Division 4 – Kalamazoo Gazette

2. GIRLS SOCCER No. 10 Traverse City St. Francis claimed its first Regional title with a 2-1 shootout win over Fremont in Division 3 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. GIRLS SOCCER Top-ranked Goodrich clinched its first Regional title with a 2-1 win over No. 11 Almont in Division 3 – Mid-Michigan Now

4. GIRLS SOCCER No. 10 Rockford and No. 7 Grand Rapids West Catholic claimed first Regional championships in Divisions 1 and 3, respectively – Grand Rapids Press

5. GIRLS SOCCER No. 8 Troy handed No. 3 Rochester Adams its only defeat, 1-0 in a Division 1 Regional Final – Oakland Press

6. GIRLS SOCCER No. 9 Harbor Springs downed Ovid-Elsie 1-0 in Division 4 to clinch a first Regional title since 2003 – Petoskey News-Review

7. GIRLS SOCCER No. 8 Royal Oak Shrine Catholic edged No. 2 Clarkston Everest Collegiate 1-0 in Division 4 – Oakland Press

8. GIRLS SOCCER No. 7 Hartland shut out No. 6 Northville 2-0 to win a Division 1 Regional championship – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

9. GIRLS SOCCER Ann Arbor Skyline scored the game’s lone goal in a Division 1 Regional Final against No. 12 Salem – Ann Arbor News

10. GIRLS SOCCER No. 10 New Boston Huron advanced in Division 2 with a 1-0 victory over Mason – Monroe News